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First autoflower run with Organic Living Soil. I am a novice grower so don't be shy to point things out that could be improved!
Seed germinated straight in medium. All "days" are counted from planting seed.
Light : KingPlus 1200w
Trying out Living Soil that was purchased ( see ingredients above ).
Feeding: Tap water dechlorinated/bubbled for 5-8h before use.
CEC : 33
Original water holding : 64%
added 5L perlite for more aeration as the soil was pretty dense. Hopping it won't affect the water retention too much.
Happy growing!
Week 1 was as cruisy as it gets!
Very happy so far, this seedling is the healthiest and quickest one out of all my previous experiences.
Not expecting too much action above ground this week.
Stay patient and happy growing!
Week 2 was pretty eventless. A slight over water didn't bring the seedling to it's full potential at this stage.
Looking forward to some vegging action on the surface this week!
Happy growing!
Slow growth even though healthy looking plant.
Suspecting:
1:watering issues as It is my first time watering in soil indoors, even more so with living organic.I always wait for the top inch to be dry and or the pot to feel lighter. (1L/feed)
2:light distance?
What do you think?
1 L/feed is too much water for such a young plant. With living microbes in the soil, growing organically its essential to keep the soil moist and not let it dry out as it will kill most good bacteria for your plant. But at the same time your roots need oxygen and especially in soil it doesn't tend to dry as fast as other medium therefore lifting the pot as your are doing is a good trick. Your doing a good job your seedling looks healthy 👍
During week 3 the girl suffered, more so than her sister Amnesia haze Auto ( check out my other diary ) from some overwatering, thanks to @CCgrow, I've learnt a great deal about living soil watering. Thanks heaps for your help bro.
This week will be about waiting for the girl to recover and finally take off!
Everything is set up for a nice stretch, healthy colour and great structure.
Looking forward to this week! patience patience....
Happy growing everyone.
1st day of week 5 and we have officially entered pre-flower!
Plant has recovered from the overwatering and is perking up so I did her first LST to celebrate the end of Veg.
I was planning on LSTing at day 30 but due to the slow growth I figured that exposing the new future bud sites asap wouldn't hurt.
I also have started lowering the lamp to the appropriate ppfd levels ( at least from what the chart says.... can never be sure with these Chinese stuff so we're gonna take it slow... )
Looking forward to this week.
Happy growing!
Week 6 and the plant is struggling to flower. She has been showing pistils for a week now.
Growth seems to have slowed down again I am not quite sure why. Healthy looking plants, no sign of deficiency, roots that are poking through the bottom of the pot are as healthy looking as it gets.
The plan for this week is to keep giving her some TLC and hope for a new take off.
The stretch I was hopping for is now definitely not going to happen.
This week is focused on giving the best chance for the buds to put on weight. ( not sure if it is possible with such a small plant that seems to have had a slow growth her whole life ) but hey, if I don't try ... I'll never know, there is still a few weeks left on that girl.
Some gentle LST was applied to give maximum exposure to the bud sites.
Now she is in full flower I have lowered the light and she seems to be loving it. Leaves perked up right away, small bud sites are increasing in size .
Keep on growing and be patient.
Everything is going slowly but surely. Flowers are developing, lamp has been raised a bit due to what seemed to be an early stage of light burn.
Looking forward to some flower development.
Happy growing.
This girl really took a beat in the early age and struggling to catch up.
Flower formation is very slow, trichomes ... not so present.
Lots of lesson learnt from this one.
Stay patient and keep on growing!
Week 10 and not much has changed and not much expected. Resin production very low.
This girl will be terminated when her sister has reached maturity.
Surprisingly even though she is twice smaller than her Amnesia Haze sister she drinks twice as fast!
Still going to give her what I can till she is finished.
I am a little ashamed to post this next to all these incredible grow diaries and incredible results but hey gotta start somewhere!
I decided to terminate the girl when her Amnesia Haze sister was ready has she was not worth the energy consumption.
I Have learnt a lot with this one and will definitely grow it again for comparison.
Yield is not worth mentioning 😅
To my surprise the few tiny buds smell incredible. Looking forward to experience it when grown properly.
Thank you to this platform for all the knowledge acquired.
See you for the next grows.
Thank you @GreenHouseLab this is what I was suspecting.
This website is by far the most helpful platform for learning and understanding growing, thanks to you guys.
happy growing!
Jonobo
